Louis Domingue allowed 4 goals on 41 shots for the loss. He gave his team a chance to steal points in a bad spot. I've no real qualms with his game tonight. Ultimately they asked way too much of their backup.

I'm sure the Massholes will declare themselves Stanley Cup champs for the outcome tonight, but the truth is this game screamed "schedule loss" if you look at all the hockey and travel that was crammed into the span of half a week. Fatigue leads to metal errors, and the Lightning were already not playing their sharpest hockey coming into this one to begin with. So, you hope the Lightning feel a little angry about the way this one went and they get refocused for the next one.

Erik Cernak had 2 shots, 2 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 18:56. After tonight's contest, he's considered graduated from prospect status on the website, joining a class of graduated prospects from this season that has included Anthony Cirelli, Mathieu Joseph, and Adam Erne. It's actually a surprisingly deep alumni class given the Lightning already had such an established veteran team and presumably few spots to give to rookies. That tells you about the quality of all four of these young players, because they've had to earn their spots and minutes on a very good team.

Seems like the Lightning may have some complacency starting to creep into their mindset, especially in a game like this where they staked themselves to a 2-0 lead after the First Period. It's a challenge for Tampa Bay down the stretch, now sitting on 102 points and having no new players to integrate into the lineup following the trade deadline. With a 13 point lead on the field league-wide, a President's Trophy seems like an inevitability and the Lightning are in the enviable position of having 18 games with very little on the line. The danger of that is, of course, sloppiness creeping into their game and finding themselves ambushed in the first round of the postseason. That's the current challenge for the coaching staff and the leadership of the team with the calendar about to flip over to March.

Erik Cernak was -1 with 1 shot, 5 hits, and 2 blocked shots in 21:45. Cernak will graduate from prospect status on the website with his next appearance this season, likely closing out the 2018-2019 BP Alumni class.

First game off the little road trip and the Lightning had a sleepy start. Between that and some excellent goaltending by Carter Hutton, this turned out to be a very competitive game with the inevitable ending... yet another Lightning win.

Erik Cernak was -1 with 2 penalty minutes, 1 shot, 4 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 16:42. Cernak now three games shy of graduation from prospect status on the site.